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Book The Making of New Zealand Cricket  1832 1914

Download or read book The Making of New Zealand Cricket 1832 1914 written by Greg Ryan and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the emergence and growth of cricket in relation to diverse patterns of European settlement in New Zealand - such as the systematic colonization schemes of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the gold discoveries of the 1860s.

Book In Search of a Better Life

Download or read book In Search of a Better Life written by Graham Davis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of a Better Life' challenges the traditional histories of British and Irish migration, the stories of oppression and exile that form an essential part of the existing literature. By no means were all migrants forced to leave their country by circumstances; many looked forward to a better life abroad. They were largely opportunists rather than victims, whether financed by the state or by landlords or philanthropists, or, as was the case for the majority, by themselves or their families. This was a huge movement of people that formed part of a European exodus to the New World. In placing British and Irish migration alongside each other, there is recognition of the commonalities among both sets of emigrants that will surprise many readers. The poor condition of labourers in 1840s Dorset and Wiltshire were akin to those found in County Cork during the Famine years. British and Irish emigrants were commonly found on the same ships en route to the Americas and Australiasia, both settling in predominantly English-speaking countries. With case studies by a variety of contributors, set within the broader context of current scholarship, this compilation features new research on a popular subject which still resonates today. It will prove particularly useful for family historians.

Book Watriama and Co

Download or read book Watriama and Co written by Hugh Laracy and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WATRIAMA AND CO (the title echoes Kipling's STALKY AND CO!) is a collection of biographical essays about people associated with the Pacific Islands. It covers a period of almost a century and a half. However, the individual stories of first-hand experience converge to some extent in various ways so as to present a broadly coherent picture of 'Pacific History'. In this, politics, economics and religion overlap. So, too, do indigenous cultures and concerns; together with the activities and interests of the Europeans who ventured into the Pacific and who had a profound, widespread and enduring impact there from the nineteenth century, and who also prompted reactions from the Island peoples. Not least significant in this process is the fact that the Europeans generated a 'paper trail' through which their stories and those of the Islanders (who also contributed to their written record) can be known. Thus, not only are the subjects of the essays to be encountered personally, and within a contextual kinship, but the way in which the past has shaped the future is clearly discernible. Watriama himself features in various historical narratives. So, too, certain of his confreres in this collection, which is the product of several decades of exploring the Pacific past in archives, by sea, and on foot through most of Oceania.

Book Respectable Lives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elvin Hatch
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN : 0520074734
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book Respectable Lives written by Elvin Hatch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Trees of the California Landscape combines in a single volume just about everything landscape design professionals or home gardeners need to know about California trees. This excellent reference book/field guide will be particularly welcomed by landscape architects, as it pulls together a range of information about trees currently scattered throughout a number of older reference works. The heart of the book is a compendium of trees and includes essential information about individual species. The supporting sections on taxonomy, climate, range of native forest types, applications and special use lists contain a wealth of useful information."—Heath Schenker, Professor and Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, UC Davis

Book Historical Dictionary of New Zealand

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of New Zealand written by Janine Hayward and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2025-01-07 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of New Zealand, Fourth Edition provides a broad introduction to New Zealand, as well as rich detail about the people, events, laws, concepts, and institutions that have shaped New Zealand history. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about New Zealand.

Book A History of English Literature and of the Chief English Writers

Download or read book A History of English Literature and of the Chief English Writers written by Alexander Hamilton Thompson and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1901 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book People and Place

    Book Details:
  • Author : Len Richardson
  • Publisher : ANU Press
  • Release : 2020-05-04
  • ISBN : 1760463450
  • Pages : 217 pages

Download or read book People and Place written by Len Richardson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the enduring relationship between history, people and place that has shaped the character of a single region in a manner perhaps unique within the New Zealand experience. It explores the evolution of a distinctive regional literature that both shaped and was shaped by the physical and historical environment that inspired it. Looking westwards towards Australia and long shut off within New Zealand by the South Island’s rugged Southern Alps, the West Coast was a land of gold, coal and timber. In the 1950s and 1960s, it nurtured a literature that embodied a sense of belonging to an Australasian world and captured the aspirations of New Zealand’s emergent radical nationalism. More recent West Coast writers, observing the hollowing out of their communities, saw in miniature and in advance the growing gulf between city and regional economies aligned to an older economic order losing its relevance. Were they chronicling the last hurrah of a retreating age or crafting a literature of regional resistance?

Book Inventories of Christchurch Canterbury

Download or read book Inventories of Christchurch Canterbury written by Canterbury Cathedral and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Forgotten Worker

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  • Author : John E. Martin
  • Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
  • Release : 2015-12-23
  • ISBN : 1877242799
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book The Forgotten Worker written by John E. Martin and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2015-12-23 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As New Zealand's agricultural industry developed in the twentieth century, the rural worker – shearer, labourer, musterer – began to disappear from public view. In this fascinating study, John Martin uncovers the lives of these 'forgotten workers', describing their working lives, relationships with employers, living conditions and expectations. Their experiences are brought to life in their own words and a remarkable range of photographs, painting a vivid portrait of a changing world. The Forgotten Worker is also an account of New Zealand's changing rural world, altered by the development of the family farm, the growth of dairying and increased mechanisation.

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Troy Young Men s Association

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Troy Young Men s Association written by Troy Young Men's Association and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Companion to the Rugby School Register from 1675 to 1870 Inclusive

Download or read book A Companion to the Rugby School Register from 1675 to 1870 Inclusive written by Rugby School and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library of Troy Young Men s Assoc

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of Troy Young Men s Assoc written by Troy Public Library (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Dictionary of General Biography

Download or read book A Dictionary of General Biography written by William Leist Readwin Cates and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: